A woman was killed and her mother wounded Wednesday morning at a house in Destrehan. St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies were seeking a suspect, identified as Bruce Bourgeois, 34, and thought to be driving a gray Toyota Scion XD with license VTE 461.

Deputies were called to the 300 block of Madewood at 9:07 a.m. "Two victims were discovered. One was pronounced deceased on the scene, and the other was transported to a local hospital for her injuries," a Sheriff's Office statement said.

A Sheriff's Office statement did not describe their wounds. But a spokesman for the agency told The St. Charles Herald Guide that Bourgeois fatally stabbed his girlfriend, who was the mother of their two children, in her home at 318 Madewood. Her mother went to the house to check on her and also was stabbed, according to the report. She fled to a neighbor's home for help.

The dead woman's body was found in a bathroom, according to the newspaper report. The children were safe. It is unclear where the children were when their mother was killed.

The Sheriff's Office said Bourgeois might be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts was asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 985.783.6807.